Butter-Fly Effect

As soon as you're close enough to the village, your legs give way beneath you. Right. Rest. People need that, even if you've been spoiled by the ability to fly everywhere on a giant orange bird. You should probably let Biyomon rest, too. Not that it means much when you're still working on a grand total of no sleep, unless you dozed off without thinking when fleeing Infinity Mountain.

...In hindsight, that would explain how you never noticed the island breaking apart. Still, you have other things to think about now.

"Izzy, Mimi, if you're going in there, you should probably have your Digivices out," You tell them. They both nod. You've seen enough Black Gear situations to know what to do here, if only because some things really are just that easy to learn.

"We probably don't need to think too much about this," Izzy tells Mimi. "Actually- can you three DNA Digivolve?" He turns to ask the members of Team Moon.

Lunamon nods. "Yes, as long as we're capable of working together, we should be able to sync up. I assume you want us to make him fall asleep?"

"That would be the optimal strategy," He agrees. "It also means that Tentomon can safely sit this one out." You don't think the Rookie ladybug meant to cheer at that, but he's quickly silenced by an annoyed SnowAgumon.

"So we just go in, deal with the Meramon, and then finally get the rest we deserve?" She asks.

"Here's to hoping," Lopmon states, hopping off of her friend's head. "We've got enough energy for at least one good fight left in us, but we'll have to make it count. I assume we should just knock him out and bring him over to you?"

"Can you even do that without burning yourselves?" Palmon asks.

You're pretty sure she didn't expect for Team Moon to take that as a challenge.

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Fifteen minutes later, your group, Meramon, and the Yokomon have entered negotiations. It's not a simple thing- the Yokomon are nervous around Meramon and Ogremon, BlackGatomon doesn't get along with anybody, a lot of the Yokomon are crowding Biyomon because they want to be just like her one day- it's a mess.

Still, at least you aren't entirely clueless as to what you want. You have a direction you want to go with this, you just need to make clear what it is.


[ ] You want a place to rest for a while. If only because of how long it's been since you slept.

[ ] You need a base where you can work to bring the island back together, or at least attach it to another landmass- Black Gears, hopefully, not included.

[ ] You need to hide out. This seems like a good place to do so.

[ ] ...Really, you just want food.

It's not much of a question, really. You want to sleep, and you need a place to actually do so, because collapsing in the middle of nowhere is just asking for trouble, possibly of the Black Gear variety, but more likely involving you accidentally getting trampled by a herd of Monochromon. Which you do not want.

Fortunately, the Yokomon are more than amenable to the idea of letting you stay for a few days, though they do expect you to pay for anything that you eat while you're here. Which is fine with you, it's not like those bits in your pocket will do anything else for you.

Time passes, and nothing seems to happen while you stay there. It's just... boring, you suppose, is a good word for it, and being in the Digital World really shouldn't bore you, this is a place you've been wondering about for your whole life. The wind rustles through what remains of the savanna grass, the clouds float across the sky... and that's it.

Which is probably why Mimi insists on leaving after only two days. You don't blame her- if she didn't do this, you would.

BlackGatomon refuses to leave the shelter of the village, though. So it's the three of you DigiDestined, Team Moon, and Ogremon, and if you find the other members of Team Calico, who were with Tai and Kari, you'll have to point them in the right direction on pain of annoyed cats.

You don't want to deal with annoyed cats- you get enough of that whenever you visit the Kamiyas. You're not sure why their cat hates you so much, though Kari thinks that she might just be able to smell Biyomon.

Not that it matters right now. Right now, all that you care about is figuring out what direction to go in, now that you can think clearly again and you don't need to worry about Biyomon falling out of the sky from exhaustion.

At least Ogremon knows the area fairly well, so you've got options. Your group goes over them for a while, before eventually coming to a decision.


[ ] You're interested in what those ruins you've heard about are like, now that you're awake enough to actually appreciate them.

[ ] There's an abandoned shop in the area that apparently used to sell playing cards. You're kind of curious.

[ ] The Drimogemon tunnels extend deep beneath the island in every direction. No better place to learn about Black Gears than the place where they most often pop up!

[ ] You want to head for the sea, and try to find transport back to the main island. You may just end up bribing a Whamon, however- no need for a repeat of how you got here.